Temporary binder.



No. 835,171. v PATHNTEI) NOV. 6, 1.908. J. WALKER.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

APPLICATION FILED 1130.29, 1904.

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TEMPORARY BINDER.

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JOHN WALKER, OF BRIXTON. LONDON, ENGLAND.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 6, 1906.

Application filed December 29,1904. Serial No. 238,735.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J on: WALKER, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residin at Brixton, London, in the county of London, En land, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Temporary Binders for Letters and other Papers; and I do hereby declare the followin to be a full, clear, and exact description 0 the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which escape or be removed without the device he ing previously opened; second, to provide a device for binding temporarily loose leaves, &c., which can be used with particular advantage in connection with covers arranged like the covers oi a book.

A temporary binder, file, or loose-leaf book made in accordance with this invention comprises a late or fixedniember on which are mounte .two or more receiving studs or ins, a movable n emb'er ada ted to be nged to the fixed mcmber an carrying a guard arranged to engagewith the said receiving studs or pins for-the urpose of keeping documents or papers on t e studs or pins,

and means for locking the guard and pins to ether.

he peculiar feature of this binder that adapts it to use with the covers consists in attaching the pins and guard to separate members whic 1 are hinged together, the member carrying the pins being of the same width in binders of all sizes or capacities, while the member carrying the guard varies in width according to the capacit of the binder. By this construction w en the member carrying the pins is fastened to a part of the cover adjacent to the back, but se arated therefrom and from the side of w rich it forms a part by a hinge-joint, the binder may be closed for packing, so that the width of the back of the cover will be the same for binders of all sizes or capacities, and thus the space occupied by a lot of binders of the greatest size or capacity will be no eater than the space occupied by a similar ot of the smalle t sizes or capacity. The

advantage of this 'will be evident, as the cost of paclrin and shipping the hinders will he the same %or all sizes.

In the accompanying drawings, Fi ure l is a perspective view or one f'orm oi binder made in accordance with this invention as applied to the cover, showing the binder open. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the binder closed. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on line A A of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a pers motive of the linden-showin the same closed for packing. Figs. 5 an 6 are cross sections of modified forms of the binder. Fig. 7 iso modified form of the binder, showing a curved impaling-needle and a plate provided with an indentation to receive the point of the needle.

Referring to the drawings, two straight studs or pins a a are riveted or otherwise secured to a bottom guard or fixed member 6 a! any suitable distance a iart. To one longifludmal edge 0 of the ed member 5 is god a movable member 6, carrying a top guard e, which is preferably but not necessarily an integral part thereof. This movable member with the uard is adapted to partially rotate about t 1c axis of the hin e to engage or disen age the pins .or sturs when pa crs or the ike are to be placed in the bin er or removed therefrom. In the guard e are two depressions or holes f f, corresponding to the pins or studs, into which the free ends of the studs or pins (1 or enter when the guard is sprung into position to close the device. If it is required to lock the guard and ins together, a sliding plate p is connected with the guard by lips 1 formed b cutting segmental slots in t e guard an member .and bendin the metal gpl parallel to the u dcr side 0 the guard.

sliding plate has ateral rojections g on its edge provided with sllits g wliich .are in line with the depressions f When the guard is engaged by the pins or studs, the slidin plate may be moved longitudinally in t 1c direction of the arrow, causing the ends of the pins to enter the slots, the sides of which en age the annular grooves k k in the ends of 51c pins or studs, and thus lock the guard and pins together.

In use, when it is desired to file loose documents or the like the papers are first punched with suitable holes, the sliding plate is drawn which are then secured b turni back so as to disc age the receiving pins or studs a a, the gum is then disengaged from the receiving pins or studs and the member (1 turned back, whereupon the papers may be strung on the receiving pins or studs by passing the latter through the holes in the papers, the n1ovable member up toward t receiving pins'or studs and causing the latter to enter the depressions f f in the and and enga e the guard, and locking t e pins or stu s and guard together by moving the sliding plate in thedii'ection of the arrow, thus causing the edges of the slotsto engage the grooves in the receiving pins orstuds.

The fixed member b may in some cases be secured to a section m of the side of the cover C by rivets n or otherwise, and the movable member :1 may be held to the back of the cover by rivets orthe like 0-0, passing through slots p p in the said movable member, so that closed thelback the rivets may slide in the slots when the device is o ened or closed, thus allow-ingthemember' to move when it is rotate on its hinge-joint to compensate for the difi'l'arernce between the distance moved by the member 6 and the back q of the cover.-

The cover C may be made of millboard or other suitable material and may be q n'owided with a stiff back g, said back being to the boards r r, and (incur both of the boords' ma be provided with an additional hinges, so t at either of said boards when-closed may lie parallel with the bach, arrangement being advant sons for binders with wide backs on also one ling t e cover to lie out fiat whenin use in those binders'qwherein the member 11, carrying the receiving pins or studs, lB-SGOUIQd toone-of the boards 1' g.

It will be seen from 4 that whenthe guard and receiving pins or studs are locked together the latterare parallel to the back-g, and the ,pins beingconnected'to the member 5, which iefastened to the double-hi mi section m of the cover, when the cover 18 to be 51 is laid down'flat, carrying the pins to a horlziontal position and. thencetion m assumes a position at right angles to the back, and the side r of t'hecover, w ich is hinged to thesction m at a, is turned down over the pins and the opposite side of the covenas shown by Fig. 4. When'thus disposed, the thickness of the cover is no greater than the width or height of the part m. Hence, no matter how lo the receivmg-pins may be (the length of t cos re ulating the capacity of the binder) the thic s of the hinder when closed for packing will not exceed the widthof the section m to which the member b is fastened. B this construction, therefore, the temporary inder and its cover can be acked in a s ace very much less than the wi th of the bee q with great advantage in the way o'f=economy in shipping the article.

some poses the plate 11, on which the hinged toget serted in a particular place y first lifting oif those papers above the paper to be removed orthe place where the insertion is to be made, and the batch of papers can be readily replaced on thestuds or ins, which, being stiff, are not deflected out 0 their correct osition. The device may in some cases be disposed in a box-file where it is desired to keep the p clean.

' claim I d.- A temporary binder for loose sheets of ,paper comprising a back plate, a bottom guard hinged to one edge of the said plate, a top guard ri 'dly connected with the o po site edge of t e same, the bottom guard aving receiving-pins attached thereto, the top guard having depressions to receive the points of the pins, a. locking-plate connected with the "top guard which is adapted to be moved longitudinally thereof, and means connected with the saidlocking-pla'te which are adapted to engage the oints of the pins and loc them to the gum: substantiallyns specified. 2. In temporary binders two members or longitudinally and directly one member having receivin ins or studs provided with circumferentia coves at their u per ends rigidly attached t ereto and the ot or member having a guard rovided 'Withdepressions and hav'm a slidable plate connectedtherewith prcvi ed with lateral extensions with open-ended coves between them and the plate, in com ination with a cover one side of which is provided, with a double-hinged section and having a back-to which the member carrying the guard is slidably fastened while the member carryingthe pins is rigidly attached to the said hinged section the ard adapted by'partial rotation of the mom or to which it 18 attached to be brought into contact with and caused to en com osed of two members respectively carrying t e receiving ins or studs and the guard, one of said mem ere being fastened to the double-hinged section and the other slidably connected with the back, substantially as specified.

4. In a temporary binder the combination of acover comprising a back. and hinged sides, a slotted plate connected with the back by rivets passed through theslots, a member hinged to one edge of said plate and riveted to one side of the cover, receiving'pins rigidly fastened to said member and having circumferential grooves near their upper, ends, a guard connected with the plate opposite the member and parallel thereto having depressions on its under side in line with the receivin -pins a slidable locking-plate connected with the under side of the guard and having lateral extensions parallel therewith that form open-ended slots between them and the plate, substantially as s ecified.

5. In temporary bin ers the combination of a cover consisting of a back q, sides 1' r,

hinged thereto, and a double-hinged section m members b d hinged together, member b swung up at right angles to the member I) and parallel with the receiving pins or studs to close the binder, the back q member d and receiving pins or studs adapted to be swun over on the hinge-joint s to a position parallel to one another and to the side of the cover to which the section m is hinged, substantially as specified. 1

In testimony that 1 claim the invention above set forth I have atiixed my signature in presence of two witnessesv J (JUN WALKER.

Witnesses H. D. JAMnson, F. L. RAND. 

